School Principal Targeted Killing - Nangarhar (2015)

Incident
Incident date
August 2015
Year of incident
2015
Province of incident
Nangarhar: Kot
District geolocation of incident

Latitude: 35.6971896848012

Longitude: 71.2670505011788

District geolocation of incident (linked Incident)
Kot
Town/Village
Kot District, Nangarhar Province
Types of incident
  • Execution
  • Murder
  • Shooting
  • Targeted Killing
Conflict parties
  • Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
  • Haqqani Network (HN)
  • ISIL-KP
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
  • Local Militia
  • Taliban
  • Taliban Militants
  • Unknown
Alleged types of crimes
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilian objects
  • Other Crimes : Attacking civilians
  • Other Crimes : Killing
  • Other Crimes : Murder
  • Other Crimes : Summary execution
  • Other Crimes : Threats against civilians
Regime in place
  • Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Summary of incident

In August 2015, a school principal named Mawlawi Yosof was killed by anti-government armed elements in Kot District of Nangarhar Province. The incident occurred while the victim was returning home from a funeral ceremony.

Source_1

AHRDO Incident Report

Source_2

[AIHRC, Press Release: denouncing the killing of a school principal in Nangarhar Province, 17 August 2015] (https://www.aihrc.org.af/home/press_release/4905)

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No of victims involved
1